Press Release Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) and Hong Kong Press Photographers Association (HKPPA) today (September 12) make a joint call for the Government to stop police violence against journalists covering the anti-extradition bill protests. The Police, they say, should apologise for their increasing attacks, both physical and verbal, against front-line

Hong Kong journalists are faced with a raft of challenges in the past 12 months, which have posed growing threats to freedom of the press and expression in the city, says Chris Yeung, Chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association. Yeung made the comment at a press conference on Sunday

Twenty-six journalists have testified on abuses against the press by police officers during the demonstrations against the Fugitive Transfer Bill, those abuses have not only caused journalists bodily harm but also infringed upon the press freedoms enshrined in the Basic Law. The Hong Kong Journalists Association called for the Chief

Four international journalists and publishers organisations have spoken against the Hong Kong government’s proposed amendment to extradition law that would expose journalists and their sources in the city to criminal trial in mainland Chinese courts. They are the International Federation for Journalists (IFJ), Reporters Without Border (RSF), Committee to Protect

HONG KONG, May 16, 2019 — The Human Rights Press Awards (HRPA) is proud to announce that Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo and their colleagues will be honored with this year’s award for Best Investigative Feature Writing, in recognition of their groundbreaking work “Myanmar Burning,” which documented

Hong Kong press freedom has dropped to a new low in the eyes of the public. One out of five journalists interviewed said they have come under pressure from seniors not to report or to reduce reporting about Hong Kong independence. Both the public and the media said the Central

They are responding to the consultation paper published by the Access to Information Sub-committee of the Law Reform Commission which ends today, despite public appeal for an extension. They criticised the commission’s “misguided” description of the existing non-statutory access to information system as “effective and cost-efficient”, noting that complaints

One year after Hong Kong marked the 20th anniversary of its reversion to Chinese sovereignty, Hong Kong people feel increasingly the “China factor” has caused shrinkage of the room for free speech and free press, says Chris Yeung, Chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association in its annual report published today